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On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote:
Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. -- Ria in Aberdeen [Send address is invalid, use sipsoup at gmail dot com to reply direct] |
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MissRiaElaine wrote:
On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. Isn't a coach just a type of bus? So all coaches are buses, but most buses aren't coaches. |
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On 31/08/2019 17:25, MissRiaElaine wrote:
How many more times..? It's the *UNDERGROUND* not the "Tube" GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRR..!!!!!!!!! I'll ask the people in the 10 items or less queue at the supermarket near St Pancreas train station (where the Eurotunnel goes from). Or maybe the Queen of England should give a ruling, so we can post the answer here on the web. Anyway, once we have left Europe, we can call it anything we want. PS my grandfather drove the Flying Scotsman. -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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On 01/09/2019 22:26, Recliner wrote:
MissRiaElaine wrote: On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. Isn't a coach just a type of bus? So all coaches are buses, but most buses aren't coaches. Isn't coach a type of aeroplane seat? -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK |
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In message , Recliner
writes Bryan Morris wrote: In message , Recliner writes Peter Able wrote: On 01/09/2019 15:32, Recliner wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:05:50 +0100, Peter Able wrote: On 01/09/2019 12:41, MissRiaElaine wrote: On 31/08/2019 23:36, Bryan Morris wrote: In message , MissRiaElaine writes So why do all the roundel signs say Underground..? That's what it's been known as my whole life and I was born in London even though I don't live there any more. Next time you're in London get a map, it's called the TUBE map. It is now, because some idiot decided to change the name. All the old maps I saved from my childhood say Underground. Save toner and breath - and call it LT. That was how it was 50 years ago when I worked for, LT. LU, surely? LT includes more than the Underground. Not 50 years ago Was LT only the Underground back then? I thought it included the buses. If not, what was the umbrella organisation called? As far as I recall LPTB was the umbrella organisation for London Buses Tube and trams etc. from the 1920s On Transport Nationalisation in 1948 this became LTE (London Country Buses & Green Line Buses were excluded) Might be wrong. Assuming you're right, and LTE is indeed the parent organisation, what were the underground railways and buses parts called? OT I wonder who prefer calling buses Omnibuses their original name. Yes, I wondered that too. Of course, you still occasionally hear people talking about charabancs. The name derives from the French char à bancs ("carriage with wooden benches"), the vehicle having originated in France in the early 19th century. Not many of those left -- Bryan Morris |
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In message , MissRiaElaine
writes On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. A coach is simply a single decker bus. -- Bryan Morris |
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Bryan Morris wrote:
In message , MissRiaElaine writes On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. A coach is simply a single decker bus. ..5 seconds on the web finds plenty of operators of double deck coaches though this was first hit , https://www.procterscoaches.com/the-...double-decker/ so that it is pretty poor attempt to define one. And it is not a recent innovation that we have had double deck deck coaches in the UK,National Express were using them decades ago , stopped using them after an accident and reintroduced a small number a few years back. GH |
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Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 01/09/2019 22:26, Recliner wrote: MissRiaElaine wrote: On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. Isn't a coach just a type of bus? So all coaches are buses, but most buses aren't coaches. Isn't coach a type of aeroplane seat? In America. We call it Economy, or Y for short. |
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Marland wrote:
Bryan Morris wrote: In message , MissRiaElaine writes On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. A coach is simply a single decker bus. .5 seconds on the web finds plenty of operators of double deck coaches though this was first hit , https://www.procterscoaches.com/the-...double-decker/ so that it is pretty poor attempt to define one. And it is not a recent innovation that we have had double deck deck coaches in the UK,National Express were using them decades ago , stopped using them after an accident and reintroduced a small number a few years back. Isn't a coach simply a bus with lots of secure luggage space (normally under the floor) and capable of cruising at motorway speeds (ie, ≥100 km/h) all day? These days, it would also have seat belts, aircon and quite possibly a toilet and refreshments. It might also have overhead luggage racks and some sort of AV system. |
Pumping useful heat out of the Tube
In message , Recliner
writes Marland wrote: Bryan Morris wrote: In message , MissRiaElaine writes On 01/09/2019 19:00, Marland wrote: Anyhow if it wasn’t for American influence the Underground would not have developed in the way in it did. Do you object to them calling the vehicles cars instead of coaches for instance. No, but I do object to people who call coaches buses. They are quite different. A coach is simply a single decker bus. .5 seconds on the web finds plenty of operators of double deck coaches though this was first hit , https://www.procterscoaches.com/the-...double-decker/ so that it is pretty poor attempt to define one. And it is not a recent innovation that we have had double deck deck coaches in the UK,National Express were using them decades ago , stopped using them after an accident and reintroduced a small number a few years back. Isn't a coach simply a bus with lots of secure luggage space (normally under the floor) and capable of cruising at motorway speeds (ie, ?100 km/h) all day? These days, it would also have seat belts, aircon and quite possibly a toilet and refreshments. It might also have overhead luggage racks and some sort of AV system. BEA / BOAC used double deck coaches mainly for luggage on the lower deck whilst passengers mainly sat upstairs (diverging I remember when downstairs a bus was called "inside" as opposed to "outside" for upstairs) But public transport coaches are often referred to as single decker buses. In fact see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-deck_bus . Whilst not exclusively British, double deckers are rare in many countries. -- Bryan Morris |
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